When it comes to legends in skateboarding, the name Eric Dressen always gets in there. The ‘70s micro-midget talks about Logan Earth Ski, Laura Thornhill and a young kid named Julien Stranger. Been there, done it. Eric D knows his stuff.—Jake Phelps

Putting the rad back in radio. Mark Gonzales is the true skateboard pioneer. From the libraries of South Gate to the streets of the world, he took what he saw happening in skateparks and took it to the streets. No conspiracy by freestylers here, just mimicking the parks' style on the rails and curbs all over the LA city basin. Thanks, Mark. —Jake Phelps

The top-three list for SOTY was all tuff no fluff: Figgy, K-Walks and Evan Smith. While he don’t mind not being the “guy,” he’s just stoked to be on planet Earth having the time of his life. Listen to Mr. Smith talk about the road and the mag on the airwaves. —Jake Phelps

We’ve categorized parts as face-melters before, but we’re upgrading this DC shoes part to face-vaporizer. Because there won’t be any face left. Tiago drops a doozy on the skate world. Consider yourself warned.

If he isn’t one of your favorites yet, make room on the list. This guy is an absolute BEAST and no spot is safe when he rides into town. Give a big round of a applause for the newest member of the Deathwish family.

Shane spent nine days in Melbourne filming lines with a VX in the middle of summer. No single tricks, just mind-melting lines executed with the kind of precision only he commands. Hell YES. The Skate Gods must be pleased.

Josh Kalis’ skating is timeless and this noseblunt slide at Thomas Paine Plaza is forever. Welcome to September 2018! More Kalis inside as well as a 28-page DC Street Sweeper feature, including interviews with Josh, John Gardner and John Shanahan. Need more mayhem in your life? You’re in luck: Skate Rock took their special blend of insanity to Vietnam and Bali. We also got some Hot Amateur Girl Action by way of Simon Bannerot, Tyler “Manchild” Pacheco, Niels Bennett and Griffin Gass. Heads-wise, Ethan Loy, Cody Lockwood and Dashawn Jordan all get grilled. Elsewhere in Spain, Supra set out to find the elusive Mr. Tom Penny. Ready for the weekend? Good. Trevor Thompson and Alex Schmidt fill out some rental applications for the WKND skate lodgings: The Sir Palmer Apartments. Thick as a brick, this one is! Add this one to your collection.